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Old December 3rd, 2008, 11:48 AM   #2
Graham Hickling
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Having trouble following your workflow.

1) You say you want to export an HDV file: that would be a 16:9 image, squished into a 4:3 1440x1080 container. But you say you get a 'square' image .... could you clarify? And ...is the file you are outputting indeed 1440x1080?

2) You say that square pixels in a 1280x1080 container gives you a "proper HDV aspect ratio". Do you mean it has the proper ratio as filmed (16:9) or as stored in HDV format (4:3)? In either case, I'm unsure how it can look "proper" at 1280x1080 - have black bars been added as letterboxing?

Just as a general comment, check that your PARs (pixel aspect ratios) are set correctly both for the imported footage (right click on the clips in the project bin and look at 'interpret footage') and also in your export settings.
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